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March

22
2019

10:00 am EDT - 11:30 am EDT

Past Event

The end of an era? The INF Treaty, New START, and the future of strategic stability

  • Friday, March 22, 2019

    10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT

Brookings Institution
Saul/Zilkha Room

1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC
20036

On February 1, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States would suspend its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and that pursuant to Article XV of the treaty, the United States would withdraw from the treaty in six months. In response to the announcement, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia would also suspend its obligations under the treaty. Unless something dramatic occurs, it appears that the INF Treaty, signed in 1987 by President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev, will likely end this summer. What implications will the end of the INF treaty have for New START and the future of strategic stability?

On March 22, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings hosted a discussion involving experts and former government officials to explore this question and others. Following their conversation, panelists answered questions from the audience.

Agenda

  • March 22
    • Moderator

      Frank A. Rose, Senior Fellow, Security and Strategy, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
      Frank A. Rose Former Brookings Expert

      Panelist

      Amy Woolf
      Amy Woolf Specialist in Nuclear Weapons Policy - Congressional Research Service
      Pranay_Vaddi
      Pranay Vaddi Fellow - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
      Dodge_Michaela
      Michaela Dodge Research Fellow - The Heritage Foundation
      LR
      Lynn Rusten Vice President, Global Nuclear Policy Program - Nuclear Threat Initiative